Keratoconus In Patients Seeking Refractive Surgery, Saudi Arabia

Published 2022 - 40th Congress of the ESCRS

Reference: PE058 | Type: ESONT - Abstract | DOI: 10.82333/e2v1-4f43

Authors: Ismail Abuallut* ¹ , Walid barakat ² , Ahmed A. Ageeli ³ , Mohammed O. Shami ³ , Shahad Shabaan ³ , Aisha Ali Majrashi ³ , Majd Moafa ³ , Mohammed Bosaily ³

¹OPHTHALMOLOGY dvision, surgery department,Jazan UNIVERSITY,Jazan,Saudi Arabia, ²Ophthalmology ,Magrabi center ,Jazan ,Saudi Arabia, ³Faculty of Medicine,Jazan UNIVERSITY,Jazan,Saudi Arabia

Purpose

we demonstrate the prevalence of keratoconus among patients seeking refractive surgery using laser vision correction (LVC) at the Department of Ophthalmology, Private Eye Center, Jazan, Saudi Arabia

Setting/Venue

Department of Ophthalmology, Private Eye Center, Jazan, Saudi Arabia

Methods

A retrospective cross-sectional study was undertaken with the data from 1/1/2019 to 31/12/2019 in the ophthalmology department of Jazan city. This study included 1068 eyes of 534 patients of which 56.8 % were men. The mean patient age was 28.5 (SD = 8.3) years. The analyst performed chi- square tests for the report. Prevalence was calculated at a 95% confidence interval at specified times in the year (CI).

Results

The prevalence of manifest unilateral keratoconus was 3 % and that of bilateral keratoconus was 18.72%; on the other hand prevalence rates of suspected unilateral KC was 16.48% and of bilateral KC 9.36 %. Significant differences between eyes were noted and recorded.

Conclusions

we recommend using social media websites, malls, and television to raise awareness about keratoconus. In addition, we recommend screening programs to detect keratoconus early to avoid complications.